tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403312386495442315.post153355696396627357..comments2024-03-15T17:41:57.328-05:00Comments on Lucia's Blog: SIN IS NOT INHERITED, IT IS COMMITTEDLucia Yamila Partainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492339744298621255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403312386495442315.post-23948174679307994732021-12-14T21:15:45.043-06:002021-12-14T21:15:45.043-06:00Jeff, regarding your comments on November 30, at 1...Jeff, regarding your comments on November 30, at 10:33 AM. Here's is my answers to your questions:<br /><br />1. You wrote, “You say a man born corrupt cannot believe in God, so what about corrupt adults? Are they unable to believe or be converted to Christianity?”<br /><br />My answer,<br /><br />I will assume that you are struggling to understand the teaching of Scripture on this subject, and sincerely want to know the Truth.<br /><br />I never said that corrupt men cannot believe in God. It is the Calvinist who teaches that the sin of Adam left mankind so corrupt that all men cannot believe in God without a supernatural action of the Holy Spirit.<br /><br />2. You wrote, “You seem to misinterpret many verses to fit your narrative, but this is exactly what I was looking for, a counter in beliefs. I am not saying you are wrong by any means, I am just researching for the truth, no matter who is wrong or right.”<br /><br />My answer,<br /><br />Your reaction to my words is that I seem to misinterpret many verses. I commend you for investigating beliefs counter to your own and researching for the Truth. Many things seem wrong because of our preconceived notions that result from all of our background prejudices. I urge you to keep your mind open as you dig deeper into the Bible. The world is awash in twisted concepts that justify a man in his sins without true repentance.<br /><br />3. You wrote, “God is incorruptible, the flesh is corruptible, as the corruptible flesh must be remade before it enters into the Kingdom. You seem to have that backwards.”<br /><br />My answer,<br /><br />You are assuming that just because the physical body is dying, that the flesh by its nature is corrupt. God made the flesh and all of its appetites for our good, Genesis 1. The laws of God teach us the pure and holy way to satisfy our appetites without committing sin. It is our choice to sin against God’s will. That is the definition of sin 1 John 3:4: “sin is the transgression of the law.” When men sin they become corrupt, not because they have a fleshly body. James 1:14, “every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”<br /><br />John the Baptist called on all men to repent for the kingdom of God was at hand. Jesus preached the same message. They did not ask anyone to do what they could not do.<br /><br />4. You wrote, John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believe that in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”<br /><br />You also said,<br /><br />“I can see you are not even recognizing Jesus as the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. You need to get into a correct Bible. If your Bible is leaving that out, the very important and basis of our Christian faith, no wonder you get the other things so out of whack. And to teach others incorrectly, well, you know what Scripture says about that.”<br /><br />My answer,<br /><br />There is a reason that the newer translations have quit using the phrase “only begotten Son.” They do not deny that Jesus is the Son of God. The word in John 3:16 in all the ancient manuscripts is the Greek word “monogene” from the word family we know as “genus” or kind. There is another Greek word for “begotten” which has an extra “n”. The King James translators confused the two words. John 3:16 is saying that Jesus is the only one of His kind. There is no other Son of God. You see the same word used of Isaac in Hebrews 11:17.<br /><br />What exactly do you believe about Jesus as the only begotten Son? What does that mean to you that is different from what I have expressed? You repeated that concern three times, but you never explained what your concern was.<br /><br />~LuciLucia Yamila Partainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492339744298621255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403312386495442315.post-35385368262641403582021-11-30T12:05:27.157-06:002021-11-30T12:05:27.157-06:00John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave...John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believe that in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”<br /><br />I can see you are not even recognizing Jesus as the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. You need to get into a correct Bible. If your Bible is leaving that out, the very important and basis of our Christian faith, no wonder you get the other things so out of whack. And to teach others incorrectly, well, you know what Scripture says about that.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798506132427664185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403312386495442315.post-13746988000658835372021-11-30T10:57:53.872-06:002021-11-30T10:57:53.872-06:00God is incorruptible, the flesh is corruptible, as...God is incorruptible, the flesh is corruptible, as the corruptible flesh must be remade before it enters into the Kingdom. You seem to have that backwards. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798506132427664185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403312386495442315.post-10375519508573093812021-11-30T10:48:09.813-06:002021-11-30T10:48:09.813-06:00You seem to misinterpret many verses to fit your n...You seem to misinterpret many verses to fit your narrative, but this is exactly what I was looking for, a counter in beliefs. I am not saying you are wrong by any means, I am just researching for the truth, no matter who is wrong or right.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798506132427664185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403312386495442315.post-89615743305764112522021-11-30T10:33:32.963-06:002021-11-30T10:33:32.963-06:00You say a man born corrupt cannot believe in God, ...You say a man born corrupt cannot believe in God, so what about corrupt adults? Are they unable to believe or be converted to Christianity?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798506132427664185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403312386495442315.post-2005738981126317262021-11-30T09:56:54.208-06:002021-11-30T09:56:54.208-06:00Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unc...Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.<br />Psalms 59:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.<br />Psalms 51:5 Behold, I was shaken in iniquity: and in sin did my mother conceive me.<br />But my question is, if the wages of sin is death, what are the wages of not sinning as children ( in your view)? If neither God nor Jesus can be tempted because they are pure, how is it that children, who are pure ( in your view ) can be corrupted? Also, if the wages of sin is death, and children don’t sin nor have sin, why do children die, sometimes even in the womb? I mean if Adam and Eve would have never sinned, God created them to live forever, wouldn’t children fall under this same rule? Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798506132427664185noreply@blogger.com